M6.6 earthquake 9 km NW of Sar?kemer, Turkey
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck 9 km NW of Sar?kemer, Turkey on Sat, Jul 16, 1955, 9:07 AM GMT+2 (07:07 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.6 (Mw, moment), strong
- Magnitude from
- ISC-GEM global catalog
- Local time
- UTC
- 1955-07-16 07:07:14 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.617° N, 27.284° E
- Region
- Turkey
- Strongest shaking
- VII, very strong shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Deaths and damage
From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 4076), matched to this event by time and place.
- Deaths
- 23
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses damaged
- 470
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- VII, very strong shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 32.9% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 3.5 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.6 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event iscgem889750. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:13 PM UTC.